Taaj Farooqui

Taaj Farooqui (2 June 1979-5 February 2016) was an Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq fighter.

Biography
Taaj Farooqui was born on 2 June 1979 in Najaf, Iraq to a Shi'ite Muslim family of Arabs. Farooqui joined Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq after being a construction owner, as he was angry at the United States for invading and occupying a Muslim country. Farooqui fought against the Americans in the Iraq War, and in 2015 he decided to join the Shi'ite militants who decided to leave Iraq to fight in the Syrian Civil War. Farooqui was given training by Iran, and he fought against the Islamic Front until he was killed in action in southern Aleppo by them in 2016.